Nerteks – a respectful brand in the yarn and sewing thread industry for over 4 decades

Working with leading manufacturers at home and abroad, the company renders services for all production stages such as quilting (top and bottom threads), tape edge, lockstitch, furniture upholstery, and decorative sewing

Nerteks is one of the leading industrial thread manufacturers in Istanbul, Turkey. In 1969, Nerteks was established as a family company to provide industrial yarns, threads, and textile sub-products. With 18 years of experience in production, Nerteks develops new products and produces high-quality threads in its manufacturing plant which has a 12,000 m² closed production area. Its

environmentally friendly factory is located 40 miles from Istanbul and is equipped with the latest technology. We asked the details of their success story to Merve Erdogan Sombatpanich, member of the board of Nerteks.

Which products does Nerteks manufacture addressing to the mattress and furniture industries? Nerteks provides an extensive variety of threads used during all sewing operations in mattress, bed, and furniture manufacturing. We produce our goods in a wide range of thread types and colors to create solutions for all production stages such as quilting (top and bottom threads), tape edge, lockstitch, furniture upholstery, and decorative sewing. We are growing day by day. With more than 40 years of

experience in the yarn and sewing thread industry and long R&D works, Nerteks Iplik is excited about producing antimicrobial, flame retarding, meta-aramid, and para-aramid threads. Our products are specifically enhanced in close collaboration with mattresses, bedding, and furniture producers to deliver maximum productivity and the best quality of seams in the finished product.

OUR MAIN PRODUCTS: • Continuous Filament Polyester Sewing Thread (HOT) • Textured Polyester Sewing Thread (NERTEX) • Cocoon Bobbins (NERKOZA) • Polyester Corespun with Polyester Wrap (POLY MAX) • Staple Spun Polyester Sewing Thread (MASTER, SPRING) • Polyester Corespun with Cotton Wrap (JOKER) • Mercerised Cotton Sewing Thread (ON) • Cotton Sewing Thread (MISRA) • Stretch Sewing Thread (NERFLEX) • Monofilament Nylon Thread (NERLON) • Technic Threads (Antimicrobial, Flame Retarding, Meta-aramid and Para-aramid)

How are the yarns of Nerteks used in the bedding and furniture industries developed? Choosing the correct thread for a high-speed machine is important to achieve maximum performance in production, meet specific demands about targeting the most efficient production, and deliver maximum performance by machines. Our superior quality products are

engineered in collaboration with leading manufacturers in the industry. Nerteks, with a professional team, develops an extensive variety of threads depends on your machine needs. We find solutions for the problems encountered in bed, quilting, and furniture manufacturing.

Why should the companies operating in the mattress and sleep products industry prefer Nerteks products? I wish to specially mention that we are a customer-oriented company that has a strong relationship with customers based on trust and certainty. To solve problems and add values, we always aim to understand the needs of our customers. Our business relationships and fast-moving industry keep us motivated and maintain doing new researches and developments for our production. We push limits to serve the latest and the best quality goods with our investments in innovation.

We believe the reason makes us one of the leading thread manufacturers is being aware that we are responsible for our customers, our people (employees), our society, and nature.

Are you making your plans for participating in trade fairs in 2021? Which fairs are you considering to attend in 2021? As a regular exhibitor, we are planning to join Interzum Cologne in 2021.

Do you have any new investment projets? We are working on increasing our production capacity by 30% in 2021. With new advanced winding machines, we believe

Nerteks Iplik will have a rapid climb in our domestic and international sales.

How is 2020 going? In the Covid-19 epidemic, which affected the whole world, economic activities were also changed along with social life. How have your sales operations changed during this period? Manufacturing during a pandemic has been a learning experience for us. Most suppliers and producers (both domestic and international) agree that demand across much of the industry ground to a halt in March and April led by the shutdown of factories. Beginning in May, that situation changed. Ordering began rising quickly in May. By June it had exploded. The rapid rise in retail orders puts enormous pressure on manufacturers and suppliers to reverse shutdowns and get up and running quickly. The global demand for bed products has also increased to a substantial extent. Nerteks Iplik has been running heavily during the whole year.

Pros and cons of Covid-19 from the perspective of KIRAYTEKS

Kırayoğlu: “I believe that the most positive gain for Turkish manufacturers is that Turkey’s being a leading supplier drew a great deal of attention during this period.”

Kırayteks, a Bursa-based company, is known for its countless designs in its unique product range as mattress ticking fabrics, varieties and blends of roller blinds, and technical textile fabrics. The company also placed itself amongst the top-quality producers in the region, with the diversity of fabrics it offers for the bedding industry and its commitment to internationally acknowledged standards of bedding fabrics. The Kırayteks fabric qualities possess high quality natural and synthetic yarns consisting of polyester, polypropylene, polyamide, cotton, linen, viscose or blend of these fibers. In addition, fabrics are given properties such as anti-flammability, antibacterial, light and heat resistance depending on the student and various improvements are being made. We asked the question which is

on the top the agenda of every indusry and every businessperson to Onur Kırayoğlu. This is the question of the year: We are tired of talking about face masks and other precautions against Covid-19. Instead, there has been a lot of changes in the export activities. Have your sales operations been changed? How were your export markets and volume been affected? Are there any positive changes such a new markets, products or innovations by COVID-19? What would you say about the changes? Kırayoğlu commented on the issue with a clear and informative way: The biggest problems arose at border passages with different quarantine applications. We faced difficulties in finding vehicles for international transportation. These were overcome in the meantime; however, we were confronted with restrictions on travels and cancellations of international fairs. All these caused converting to virtual platforms. Meanwhile, because of the continuation of the risks over China, the main supplier country of the world, we have witnessed new market alternative searches

by all industries. This has reflected us as volume increase in existing countries in addition to gaining customers from different countries as well. I can say that our West Europe and American market have been continuing without any considerable loss. I believe that the most positive gain for Turkish manufacturers is that Turkey’s being a leading supplier drew a great deal of attention during this period. I hope this disaster gets vanished in the soonest time and the world starts normalization. Until then we should play the game with the new rules.